16 steps to improve your body image

• 1. Remove unhealthy conditioning. Get rid of fashion magazines, change the channel during commercial breaks, etc.
• 2. Replace with healthy conditioning. Hang pictures of beautiful women with diverse body types, follow body positive blogs, etc.
• 3. GET NAKED. Spend some time getting comfortable with your body.
• 4. Don't be so critical of others. This only breeds criticism in ourselves. Accept others, accept yourself.
• 5. Don't allow yourself to think negative thoughts. Pretend you love yourself, and eventually you will.
• 6. Accept compliments. Learn to just say, "Thank you," rather than brushing them off.
• 7. Compliment yourself. purposefully list the things that you like about yourself.
• 8. TAKE LOTS OF SELFIES, UNTIL YOU LOVE THEM ALL.
• 9. Wear the clothes that make you feel beautiful. Regardless of what others think.
• 10. Do your hair and makeup the way that YOU like.
• 11. Spend some time alone doing the things that you like to do.
• 12. Treat yourself to something nice.
• 13. Wear sexy underwear even if no one else will see them.
• 14. Surround yourself with people who build you up.
• 15. Confront the people who tear you down, and cut them out of your life.
• 16. Always ask yourself "Why do I feel this way? Who says this isn't beautiful?"

Beauty is relative, but for me it is a state of being. A wonderful personality, having pure intentions, clean thoughts, someone who generates optimism and treats their surroundings the way they’d like to be treated. Offers their companionship with nothing in return. Has unconditional love for those they hold close to their heart. I have yet to reach that